Fellowships, Scholarships & Grant Opportunitie, JUA 09/11/06

FELLOWSHIP: DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) welcomes applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program for the 2007-2008 fellowship year. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Washington, D.C. The NED is especially interested in ensuring that this program becomes known to scholars and activists in Africa. For further details, please visit www.ned.org. For instructions on how to apply, see www.ned.org/forum/R-FApplication.pdf or visit www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html. Applications for fellowships in

2007-2008 must be received no later than November 1, 2006. Notification of the competition outcome is in April 2007.

FELLOWSHIP: DISSERATION RESEARCH IN AFRICA
The Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies announce the 2007 competition of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Fifty fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2007 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is at once located in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. For more detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, visit the IDRF website at (www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf) or contact program staff at (idrf@ssrc.org).

FELLOWSHIP: SUB-SAHARAN GRADUATE STUDENT THESIS SUPPORT
The Borlaug LEAP, a fellowship program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has Dissertation or Thesis Fellowships for up to $25,000 available for graduate students from sub-Saharan African countries working in the fields related to agriculture. Applications received by October 15th will be reviewed and grant recipients notified the following January. For more information, visit (http://leap.ucdavis.edu).

FELLOWSHIP: FREDERICK BURKHARDT FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES AND RELATED SOCIAL
SCIENCES, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCE STUDY, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE In the academic year 2007-2008, depending on the funds, the Institute of Advanced Study will support up to eleven recently tenured faculty in the humanities and related social sciences. A scholar applying for this fellowship must have begun his/her tenured contract at a U.S. institution no earlier than fall 2002 semester or quarter. Applicants must submit a research plan covering a three to five year period, during which time one year could be spent as a Member at the Institute, either in the School of Historical Studies or the School of Social Science. The application deadline is September 27, 2006; to apply and for more information, visit (http://www.acls.org).

SCHOLARSHIP: INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE STUDY
The Gilman International Scholarship funds undergraduate study abroad. The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of study abroad. Award recipients will receive up to $5,000. Apply through the following site: (http://www.iie.org/gilman). The student online application deadline is September 26, 2006. Please review the full Spring 2007 Application Timeline online, which includes deadlines for advisors and transcripts.

VISITING MEMBER AWARD: INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (PRINCETON) VISITING MEMBER AWARDS FOR 2007-2008
The School of Social Science invites applicants for its visiting member award for the academic year 2007-2008. A completed PhD or equivalent is required by the application deadline. Visiting members are expected to pursue only on their own research, while the school organizes a weekly seminar at which Members as well as invited guests present their on-going work. The school welcomes applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The theme for the 2007-2008 is "The Rule of Law Under Pressure"; the application deadline is November 15, 2006. To apply, and for more information, visit (www.sss.ias.edu/applications).

RESEARCH GRANTS: YOUNG SCIENTISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The International Foundation for Science (IFS) is an independent international research council that is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The mission of IFS is to strengthen the scientific research capacity of developing countries in science fields related to the sustainable management of biological and water resources. Research proposals submitted to IFS should be from biological, chemical, physical, sociocultural or economic science fields, and relevant for the conservation, production or renewable utilization of biological or water resources. IFS awards research grants with a maximum value of USD 12,000 for the purchase of equipment, expendable supplies, fieldwork activities, etc. Researchers are eligible to receive up to three research grants during their career. For more information, visit (http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29634).

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